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Township 2, Jonesboro, Lee County, NC

15,771 Population
23.8 square miles 662.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±2.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Lee County: 39.9 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$27,831 ±$2,609 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lee County: $31,394 ±$1,166
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$56,025 ±$5,325 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lee County: $63,060 ±$2,807
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

16.2% ±6.1% (2,519  ±974) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Lee County: 15.5% † 9,787 (±2.1% / ±1,320)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

26.9 minutes ±2.7 (157,765  ±27,371) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Lee County: 25.7 705,730 (±1.3 / ±41,177)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

6,059 ±476 Number of households
  • Lee County: 24,659 ±389
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.6 ±0.1 (15,547  ±1,380) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lee County: 2.6 63,602 (±0 / ±25)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

1.9% ±1.8% (68  ±63) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lee County: 4.4% † 638 (±1.5% / ±219)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

6,491 ±438 Number of housing units
  • Lee County: 26,854 ±38
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$216,100 ±$18,463 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Lee County: $213,800 ±$10,569
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

14% ±4.9% (2,193  ±789) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Lee County: 11.4% † 7,272 (±1.8% / ±1,132.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

76% ±3.5% (8,342  ±754.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lee County: 85.1% 37,287 (±3.2% / ±1,405)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
19.2% ±2.8% (2,108  ±344.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lee County: 21.6% 9,466 (±1.5% / ±662)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

15.7% ±3.4% (2,481  ±584) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lee County: 9.6% 6,175
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

7.1% ±2.2% (839  ±271) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Lee County: 7% † 3,437 (±0.8% / ±391)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
839 Total veterans ±271 699 Male ±263 140 Female ±71

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